At 01:47 AM 3/16/2007 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: >I think it is a ludicrous comparison, not even in the same ballpark, that >tends to discredit the valid points you have made.
Of course it's not in the same ballpark. The point was to show how ludicrous the *logic* is, by applying it to something that's more obviously disagreeable. The problem (as I see it) is that people who favor the change seem to be trying to use the specifics of this case to justify it -- but my point is that special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. And, that the rules shouldn't be changed to "majority wins, if they think it's 'obviously' a bug". (Aside from all that, I also couldn't think of any milder examples of a popular, yet controversial change at that particular moment.) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
